The color of this lovely gem is often heavenly blue, as well as some aquamarines with a slight tendency to green.
It is used as one of the popular stones in ornaments. The name Aquamarine comes from the Latin word seawater.
This gem belongs to the Beryl family and its chemical formula is Be3Al2Si6O18. The blue color agent in this beautiful gem is Fe 2+.
Resources: Aquamarine
Resources: Aquamarine
Brazil (original source):
One of the major suppliers of this gem in the world is Aquamarine found in the pegmatite reserves of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and also found in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. Most of the specimens found in Brazil are pale blue and pale green, but in some cases the specimens with a higher color concentration are also found. Good quality Aquamarine samples are often obtained from santa maria in Brazil.
The world's largest Aquamarine was also found in 1910 in Minas Gerais, Brazil, weighing 110 kg.
Good color samples are obtained from the Brazilian maxixe mine, also known as maxixe beryl, which unlike other aquamarines does not cause iron coloration and the color of these samples is not stable.
Canada: Contains aquamarine sources, also known as True blue beryl, often good in color but most of the samples are semitransparent to translucent.
Madagascar: Has good quality reserves that are also medium dark blue
Nigeria: High quality samples but below 5ct
Russia :
Contains aquamarine resources found in high quality specimens. Aquamarine resources are found in the Oral as well as in the eastern – Siberian region.
Mozambique:
Good quality samples have also been obtained from the country, most of which are supplied by Brazil's Aquamarine.
Other sources: Australia, China, Kenya, USA (Colorado), Zambia, Pakistan
One of the major suppliers of this gem in the world is Aquamarine found in the pegmatite reserves of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and also found in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. Most of the specimens found in Brazil are pale blue and pale green, but in some cases the specimens with a higher color concentration are also found. Good quality Aquamarine samples are often obtained from santa maria in Brazil.
The world's largest Aquamarine was also found in 1910 in Minas Gerais, Brazil, weighing 110 kg.
Good color samples are obtained from the Brazilian maxixe mine, also known as maxixe beryl, which unlike other aquamarines does not cause iron coloration and the color of these samples is not stable.
Canada: Contains aquamarine sources, also known as True blue beryl, often good in color but most of the samples are semitransparent to translucent.
Madagascar: Has good quality reserves that are also medium dark blue
Nigeria: High quality samples but below 5ct
Russia :
Contains aquamarine resources found in high quality specimens. Aquamarine resources are found in the Oral as well as in the eastern – Siberian region.
Mozambique:
Good quality samples have also been obtained from the country, most of which are supplied by Brazil's Aquamarine.
Other sources: Australia, China, Kenya, USA (Colorado), Zambia, Pakistan
Aquamarine Profile
Phenomena: Cat's eye aquamarine
: (Improvement) Treatment
Green background aquamarines are heated to give the blue one-touch.
Article by Nima Monzavi (Gemologist)
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: (Improvement) Treatment
Green background aquamarines are heated to give the blue one-touch.
Article by Nima Monzavi (Gemologist)
translate by google translate
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